A: Paintings of the Life
I. Heaven in her eyes
She is my engine and she is my grave,
my moon in the day and sun in the night.
In no my dream I want to be a slave,
oh, I think that her peace must be my fight.
She was my star shining over my head
and she was cloud and rain in my heart,
I want her so much and I feel that it´s bad,
I only want to fly on sky as a bird.
Refrain:
I don´t want any gain,
not to be a king, not to have power,
I know, what is the main,
to stay near her more than an hour.
The more near she is, the more far for me,
I know, why to leave, I feel, tahat I can´t.
The rules I like, become an anomy,
I am not a hunter, who wants to hunt.
I love her smile, I wake up with her tears,
her words sound as a symphony, so sweet.
I know I will love her for many years,
without any touch, without being hit.
Refrain:
I don´t want any gain,
not to be a king, not to have power,
I know, what is the main,
to stay near her more than an hour.
II. What to add
You are my light, shadow as well,
my day in night, eden in hell…
You are my steam, you are my lot.
You´re in my dream I love a lot…
You must me tease and I must vote
without or with? Your heart is a boat…
Refrain:
Like an arrow,
like wings of bird,
like anything
what makes me hurt…
An aisle is narrow
like our puls.
And I want think
oh – about us…
You are an abyss, but for me a rail,
what was so shabby is now a fairytaile…
Like a big earthquake, like a stormy weather,
like a heavy headache, we shake together…
What to add, I must be a mad,
but you´ re my love, destroyindg and bad?
You are wild enough, you make me sad.
You make me lough, I am in red…
Refrain:
Like an arrow,
like wings of bird,
like anything
what makes me hurt…
An aisle is narrow
like our puls.
And I want think
oh – about us…
III. Once upon a time
Once upon a time there was a big tower
under the power of a cruel king.
His duaghter couldn´t get recover
from a nightmare – and she tried anything.
The king was upset, he hated his life,
he hated all people and he had fear.
He could love nobody, but his own wife,
oh, he started hate the whole atmosphere.
Refrain:
No man is a treasure
and no man is priceless.
You can´t it measure,
the world is in darkness.
The king lost his wife, she died with pain,
her casket was escorted by wain.
Oh, it went against her husband´s grain.
He felt sour towards the whole world, lane.
He knew, his chance to be good was her daughter.
In case of her lost he became a zero.
He saw deserts instead of the water,
he was a cad, but he could be a hero…
Refrain:
No man is a treasure
and no man is priceless.
You can´t it measure,
the world is in darkness.
IV. Life with a swan
A big black sad swan swam on the lake,
many years has gone since a man and snake
and a woman were actors in a play,
very famous to all till present days.
The big sad swan was an enchanted earl,
he was set free by a very kind girl,
he was very sassy, very handsome,
and he felt she had him in ransom.
He was her blight, she was so poor,
she lived with him in shady a moore
and he enjoyed his life with a whore,
she cried in a castle, shut the door.
Refrain:
Where is the sea-bird,
so caressive,
she will not invert
what she must live…
V. A moth in the light
A moth is flying near the ceiling,
in midnight´s silence sounds the bell,
and I want to give a willing
ear to anything you tell.
A moth is flying, the lihgt is dim,
your breath is weak like strong is sin
of my poor soul, I want to dream
that soil of your heart isn´t thin.
Refrain:
I want to fly like all birds know,
up on the sky – so nice and slow.
You are the point I cannot reach,
you are for me more than a peach.
VI. Tin soldier
He was made of pewter, blue and red,
tin soldier with a gun and with one leg.
He was standing silent and his head
faced to a beuaty dancing on a rack.
She was dancing with a star on her chest,
his and her eyes built one bridge.
He was her only and she was his best,
but sombedy cold was like a fridge.
Refrain:
Flames, big red flames,
they swallow all,
but hearts and names.
Flames in a hearth
in a big hall
may cross your path,
after raise comes fall…
An evil ghost disliked the couple,
he made the girl fall, he baddie.
He knew well, how to make her trouble,
the tin soldier was a fearless laddie.
The both beings died in fire,
a heart of them was in an ash,
the love is the biggest desire,
feelings are timeless, body´s trash…
Refrain:
Flames, big red flames,
they swallow all,
but hearts and names.
Flames in a hearth
in a big hall
may cross your path,
after raise comes fall…
VII. My shining star (Translation of „Hvězdička blýskavá“, P. Novák)
I need you as much as a plant needs the land,
oh, I must ask, why can´t you understand,
that I love you much more than my own life,
don´t be a knife.
I can see your eyes in any bird or fruit,
you are more than nice, my queen, and what I would
like to say, what you already have to know,
go with me quick or slow.
Refrain:
Be my rain, be my sun,
you are my only one.
I stare…
I know, I can´t stay with,
without you I can´t breathe
the air…
You are like a star
too shiny, too far…
I am glad when your small head is near to mine,
you know good, oh, that I would like to feel fine.
Try to find somebody who loves you like I can,
I wish there were such a man…
You must fall in love with him and he with you,
you hate lies and you are looking for the truth.
I want to hurt you, but to save you like a knight,
you are like a star at night…
Refrain:
Be my rain, be my sun,
you are my only one.
I stare…
I know, I can´t stay with,
without you I can´t breathe
the air…
You are like a star
too shiny, too far…
VIII. Just paint on the wall
I was hit by you like in the storm,
wet to the skin, but my blood was warm.
I feel sometimes like a burnt down stub,
like shabby walls, like a buck naked grub.
I had big fear, that you are dead,
I must be fool, I must be mad.
you are like butterfly or bee,
just be so kind, just only be…
Refrain:
Just paint on the wall a name and your heart,
just give me a goal in one game in a skirt…
Just paint a valley, just pain a hill,
it´s hard to built and aesy to spill,
you are my mountain, you are my dale,
you can sing sweet like a nightingale.
I want to paint it with you, my gold,
and there is nothing more to be told.
Oh, you don´t take me any notice,
but your heart´s a garden of roses.
Refrain:
Just paint on the wall a name and your heart,
just give me a goal in one game in a skirt…
IX. Tinderbox
A soldier survived a war, no money and no home,
only an old sorceress told him, how to become rich,
she wanted that he climbed down to a big dome
in an old tree and bring her a tinderbox, that bitch…
There were three big dogs with eyes like a tower high,
each of them saved a treasure of cooper, silver and gold.
The soldier was very glad, but he asked her why,
she hadn´t told him, so he baceme angry and told:
Refrain:
It´s strange, that this small tinderbox
is worth your while, you pretty fox.
You gave me gold for this small thing,
I am not a fool and I must think.
I behead you, yes, I have fear,
that you can betray me, my dear.
You are silent? Oh, than my sword
will kill you and I sweep the board…
He killed her, oh, he had a magic tinderbox,
the three dogs were his servants now, what he said, they did.
What a bitch, she wanted to kill me, I wasn´t ox,
I break all rocks, oh, I can have all, what can I need…
He got married with a princess, he became a king,
he was cruel enough, but clever and no old,
oh, an old sorceress hadn´t told him anything
she hadn´t told him, so he baceme angry and told:
Refrain:
It´s strange, that this small tinderbox
is worth your while, you pretty fox.
You gave me gold for this small thing,
I am not a fool and I must think.
I behead you, yes, I have fear,
that you can betray me, my dear.
You are silent? Oh, than my sword
will kill you and I sweep the board…
X. A Bird´s wing (Translation of: „Holubí dům“, Z. Svěrák, Uhlíř, J. Schellinger)
I loved birds living under one roof,
they could fly, they could leave, they could move.
I loved a girl, who lived in this house,
she wore a black skirt and she wore a white blouse.
I loved songs and I loved fairy tales,
she was sweet, she was young, she was pale.
She loved birds, and there they made their nests,
she was the only one for me, the best…
Refrain:
Tell me please, where the house is,
tell me why she couldn´t kiss.
She must know that I can´t find my ease.
Tell me please, where can it be,
tell me please, where does she sleep.
Her heart is deep, I want to live only with her.
She is gone without leaving a trace,
she was my world and she was my space.
I can´t think now about anything,
but her blue eyes and two small bird´s wings.
I hear a voice like a big waterfall,
I love her, I love her, and that´s all.
I ´m looking for her smile and her tears,
I´ve been looking for her many years…
Refrain:
Tell me please, where the house is,
tell me why she couldn´t kiss.
She must know that I can´t find my ease.
Tell me please, where can it be,
tell me plaese, where does she sleep.
Her heart is deep, I want to live only with her.
XI. War is not peace
Peace isn´t war and war isn´t peace,
who wants to kill, is not a friend.
What do you want, is perhaps to breathe,
oh, and not to bleed in your own land.
Oh, what is black that cannot be white,
what is a lie, cannot be a truth.
You know that a barking dog seldom bites,
oh, who wants the gain, who dislikes a ruth.
Refrain:
Who wants to loot,
who can´t give a bread.
Bombs are not good
and a war is bad…
Who is starving that cannot be a cook,
who feels thirsty, doesn´t give a drink.
Who´s the victim, you must have a look,
oh, don´t listen to, just only think…
Who is the armed one, who is the naked,
who is the victim, who is to blame?
You see, auditorium is raked,
oh, you see that nothing is the same…
Refrain:
Who wants to loot,
who can´t give a bread.
Bombs are not good
and a war is bad…
XII. Icy cold
A mirror broken into pieces,
passion broken into one shard.
Who knows what are cold-hearted kisses,
oh, who knows, how much is her heart hard…
A mirror broken into pieces,
there´s only one word you cannot find.
The word is love, how is it easy,
oh, as to see well if you are blind…
Refrain:
Icy cold is she
and she cannot stand
a man who loves her
to the very end…
Try to look for your heart and your wish,
oh, whom do you love, how much and why,
oh, what can you spoil, what can you dish,
oh, try not to hurt, just only try…
Try to look for your heart and your wish,
oh, whom do you love, how much and why,
oh, my gold, don´t be mute like a fish,
oh, be so kind and do not cry…
Refrain:
Icy cold is she
and she cannot stand
a man who loves her
to the very end…
XIII. To stay in a cage:
It is hard to sing in a cage,
in every year, in every age,
it´s hard to have and not to use,
the wings are light, the wings are smooth.
To have freedom, be a prison,
it´s different as night and day.
Stay in a cage may have a reason,
oh, as well as not to stay…
Refrain:
Sweet like honey, magic like wine.
Free like a bird, fragile like a bone.
Heavy like darkness, light like a shine
oh, is the love I have ever known…
Morning´s gone, so gray and boring,
in the evening you see a star,
I love you, star´s sometimes falling,
you realize, it is not far…
To have freedom, be a prison,
it is a question of a chance.
Stay in a cage may have a reason,
oh as well as to have a dance…
Refrain:
Sweet like honey, magic like wine.
Free like a bird, fragile like a bone.
Heavy like darkness, light like a shine
oh, is the love I have ever known…
XIV. Like a train
Just like a train that leaves and arrives,
I want to travel through your mind.
I hope that you don´t eat me alive,
oh, you, my love, so one of a kind.
It is dangerous to go of the rails,
but sometimes it´s more than desire.
Oh, why you were as hard as nails,
I expected more than a wire…
Refrain:
Like a train
passing again,
in sun and rain
I want to go
through ice and snow
with you…
Like a train, which goes up a steep hill,
like a day, which isn´t worth a hill of beans,
I am just rumbling without a will,
oh, if you can love, than by all means…
It is dangerous to go of the rails,
but sometimes it´s more than desire.
oh, why you were as hard as nails,
I expected more than a wire…
Refrain:
Like a train
passing again,
in sun and rain
I want to go
through ice and snow
with you…
XV. A region
I loved the region with its woods,
its hills and valleys, with its bogs.
There was no rebel in a hood,
there were no hunters with their dogs.
I loved the region at first sight,
it was so wild, but without a fight.
I might have guessed,
she was the best…
Refrain:
If you shiver
with cold and fear,
don´t go in a river,
oh, is this clear?
If you are ill,
have a fever.
But you will
not go in a river…
I loved the region with its lakes
its trees and shrubs and its flowers.
I don´t want to know, what´s a break,
I love her songs, I love her colours.
I loved the region at first sight,
it was so wild, but without a fight.
I might have guessed,
she was the best…
Refrain:
If you shiver
with cold and fear,
don´t go in river,
oh, is this clear?
If you are ill,
have a fever.
But you will
not go in a river…
XVI. Homeless´song
Oh, I wasn´t a bad guy,
I have never slept with bitches.
Nowadays I must ask why
am I without plans or wishes.
I´m a homeless on a street
without friends and without chances,
I cannot make both ends meet,
oh, shit, there isn´t what glances.
Refrain:
I am poor and I am begger,
nasty nigger says me nagger,
I just think I have no chance…
I should not vote, who is red,
nazis kill me in a moment,
people know that I am bad,
and the winner must be solvent…
Who has money that is a king,
and big thieves live in a big flat,
I am nasty, I must stink,
I can´t be good, I can´t be glad…
I have no peach,
I have no job,
I can´t be rich,
I can´t be snob…
Refrain:
I am poor and I am begger,
nasty nigger says me nagger,
I just think I have no chance…
XVII. I and my dog
I am just walking, I and my dog,
in the morning in a smoke and a fog.
He is my best friend
with no word or hand…
I am just walking there in the night,
he is my horse and I am his knight.
He is very smart,
ever at the start…
Refrain:
He has got brown eyes,
as brown as leather.
He doesn´t like ice,
we are the same, otherwise,
it is fine to be together...
Yes, it´s fine…
My dog´s barking, he knows all my thoughts,
I love him much, I love him a lot.
He loves every play,
he is on my way…
I am just walking, I and my dog,
in the morning in a smoke and fog.
He is my best friend
with no word or hand…
Refrain:
He has got brown eyes,
as brown as leather.
He doesn´t like ice,
we are the same, otherwise,
it is fine to be together...
Yes, it´s fine…
B: Paintings of the soul
XVIII. The Midnight´s Song (Translation of: „Balada o Kornetovi a dívce“, M. Kubišová)
You can see badly,
night is very sorry
and only moon is shining there.
Wars can´t be friendly,
because of dead bodies
lying without a care…
The night is over
and a man with girl
are now both waking
by the sun.
Days become slower,
she is wife of earl
and he is taking
a gun…
The war was sever,
but a man was murdered
oh, by a husband,
hand in glove.
He had a fever
And he had remembered
until his end
the love…
Refrain:
There are your eyes shining like fire,
and there´s your face fragile like glass,
When you are here I can´t be tired,
I´m thinking of us, I´m thinking of us…
I hear your breath, I like your body,
I love your smile, I love your voice,
I know you aren´t anybody,
I don´t know why I have no choice…
IXX. Tell me, please (Translation of: „Lidé zvonkoví“, M. Kubišová)
Please tell me a fairy tale
where exist very small dwarfs,
where all isn´t about sale,
and where you cannot find wars.
Tell me please
where it is,
let me kiss…
Please tell me a fairy tale
where is evil powerless,
innocent can´t be on trail
bad guy can´t be king´s best guest.
Tell me this,
you can´t miss
come with, please.
Please tell me a fairy tale
where to be cruel is bad,
whoever has cake and ale,
nobody´s without a bread.
Tell me please
where it is,
let me kiss…
Please tell me a fairy tale
where a truth is not a lie,
where all bad sovereigns must fail,
and where worth is to ask why.
Tell me this,
you can´t miss
come with, please.
Please tell me a fairy tale
where what´s black, cannot be white,
where all lives are without rails
and where you needn´t to fight.
Don´t me tease,
let me kiss,
love me, please…
XX. Lullaby (Translation of: „Ukolébavka“, Nedvěd)
Sleep my baby like angel on cloud,
sleep and wake up, darling,
you know good that I am very proud
of you, don´t be starving…
I hear when you yawn,
I hear when you sleep,
when all dreams are gone,
oh do not fall deep…
Try to be glad,
you know good, what´s wrong, what´s bad,
and I know I want to stay
for all my days
with you…
Sleep my baby like a butterfly,
flowers are his honey,
you want to stay with him and to fly
the whole night till the morning…
He tells you the way,
how not to be late,
the days aren´t gray
when somebody waits…
So live without lies,
cheating is a hell, love´s a paradise,
you ask what you shall,
you know it well,
I too..